Overhead pressing movements seem to really split opinion as far as if we should or shouldn’t be doing them. I 100% want to get all my clients do some form over vertical pressing whilst training .
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I’ve touched on some Hanging band Technique (HBT) exercises in previous posts. HBT plate overhead press is a great way to challenge the joint stability whilst pressing. The loading of this exercise is has to be fairly low due to the excessive movement. Which makes it a great exercise to train the shoulders without hammering them with heavy load each time. .
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I like to use these as either warm up drills prior to more traditional overhead pressing or us them as a strength exercise on their own.
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1️⃣ Ideally use long bands so the plates don’t make a lot of contact on your torso or limbs when pressing.
2️⃣ Keep the tempo slow to manage the movement from the bands
3️⃣ Try not to lockout fully as this often takes the load into the upper traps
4️⃣ Due to the nature of the excessive movement coming from the bands I would recommend doing this lift from the tall kneeling position.

I always say that training is the glue that holds me together both physically and mentally, and my ankle injury has definitely tested me over the past few months. So here’s a throw back to when my ankle wasn’t f**ked and I could do pistol squats on a beam for @mrporterlive

Continuing on from my blog post about the need for variation. It’s just as easy to vary your tempo to make things more interesting.
Try Tempo Contrast to add some fun to your training. Today I did chins:
1 rep - 5 second up / 5 seconds down
2 reps - as fast as possible
Repeated this 3 x (so 9 reps total). For 3 sets 💪🏼

Haven’t Squatted in 4 months, last time I hit two reps was with 315... now look at me😈💪🏻 Also I could have got more reps if I shot down quicker, but I actually wanted to control the weight on the way down to maximize my leg size. .
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